Latest: The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, has "broadly welcomed" the move by the ETBI to no longer hold communion preparation classes during the school day at Community National Schools.

The Red Flag consulting firm being sued by businessman Denis O’Brien has confirmed it had a client for a dossier of material relating to the businessman which he alleges is part of a conspiracy to damage him, the High Court has heard.

A judge has ordered various executives and staff of the Dublin-based Red Flag consulting firm being sued by billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien over alleged conspiracy to damage him to hand over for “forensic imaging” any personal computers and devices used by them for work purposes.

A dispute has erupted over whether the personal computers and devices, including mobile phones, of various executives and employees of the Red Flag Consulting firm must be submitted for “forensic imaging” by experts for businessman Denis O’Brien.

A consulting company has told the High Court that billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien has left “clouded in mystery” exactly how material from the firm’s computer files ended up on a USB stick placed in an envelope sent anonymously to Mr O’Brien.